Why a Dollar is Called a âBuckâ. As with many etymologies, the exact root of this word is difficult to say with one hundred percent certainty. However, the leading theory is extremely plausible and backed up by a fair bit of documented evidence. Specifically, it is thought that a dollar is called a âbuckâ thanks to deer. One of the earliest references of this was in 1748, about 44 years before the first U.S. dollar was minted, where there is a reference to the exchange rate for a cask of whiskey traded to Native Americans being â5 bucksâ, referring to deerskins. At this time, a buck skin was a common medium of exchange.
The Latin root word var means different. (Examples:). Variation: A different form of something, variant. Variable: Apt or liable to vary or change; changeable.he Greek root ek means outside of or around; thus, ecto would be the outer layer, as in ectoplasm.
The /var Directory. /var is a standard subdirectory of the root directory in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems that contains files to which the system writes data during the course of its operation. The root directory is the directory that contains all other directories and files on a system and which is designated by a forward slash ( / ).